Phillip, I forgot to mention, there is also an Apple store and a Mac User Group in Beijing. If your friend's boyfriend has questions I am sure these people would be most happy to help. Here's the Mac User's Group in Beijing, or the one I know about at least: http://www.beimac.com/modules/news/ The guy who runs it is David Feng, he also spoke at the User Group Lounge at MWSF 2006. I will send you his email directly. The Apple Store is in the Wangfujing area at the Oriental Plaza. They probably know where Wangfujing is, it is maybe the largest shopping area there, off Chang An street. Best, JB On Jan 19, 2006, at 7:30 AM, Phillip Deackes wrote: > I have a friend who has moved to Beijing. She has an iBook, and has > now > settled down with a Chinese boyfriend. Unfortunately, he cannot > easily input > Chinese characters on the Mac - a task he finds easy on a Windows > computer. > > They are now considering ditching the Mac and moving to Windows > instead. I > can't believe that Macs are no good in the most populous country in > the > world and I would love to help. > > Maybe they need to buy a software package? > > Any advice would be gratefully received. > > -- > Phillip Deackes > UK > > > > > _______________________________________________ > X4U mailing list > X4U at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984